Topic: Xbox As Tivo? (Read 1791 times)

brahm2 · « **Reply #135 on:** October 26, 2003, 07:12:00 PM »

Some people have "theorized" about how to turn the Xbox into a TivO, by having video in, then somehow recording onto the hard drive...

but as of now it's basically impossible; it's about four hundred thousand times easier to either buy a TivO, or a video in card for your PC.

Bravo · « **Reply #136 on:** October 27, 2003, 03:39:00 AM »

Would it be possible to use the ATI USB TV TUNER and plug that into the xbox through a standard usb port? Sureley someone must be using this thing on Linux so there has to be drivers out for it, SO in at the least you could watch TV if you booted into linux, and maybe copy the video files over for XBMP to use.

I'm just guessing here

bleugh · « **Reply #137 on:** October 27, 2003, 08:12:00 AM »

yeo, it is theoretically possible to bung on a USB tv card.

would need drivers though

no-ones written drivers yet

linux may have them before long

yrga · « **Reply #138 on:** October 27, 2003, 11:25:00 AM »

QUOTE (Bravo @ Oct 27 2003, 02:33 PM)

Would it be possible to use the ATI USB TV TUNER and plug that into the xbox through a standard usb port? Sureley someone must be using this thing on Linux so there has to be drivers out for it, SO in at the least you could watch TV if you booted into linux, and maybe copy the video files over for XBMP to use.

I'm just guessing here

Well yeah, but take into consideration the price of a USB TV Card, the new HD for the Xbox to store videos and.... BUY A TiVO

mex69 · « **Reply #139 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:03:00 PM »

is there a program out there werei can use my xbox as a tivo. i read it somewere that there workin on it but i cant remember the site. if anyone could help i would appreciate it.

Mr Ed · « **Reply #140 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:25:00 PM »

How would you get video or cable or antenna in to record off of?

Lipsander · « **Reply #141 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:19:00 PM »

With alot of smoke and mirrors.................... :lol:

therebelious1 · « **Reply #142 on:** November 05, 2003, 04:45:00 AM »

i was under the impression that the video connector on the back of the xbox was labled "VIDEO INPUT/OUTPUT" is this in error?

surely if you could get video from a SCART or composite etc source then someone could write a prog to record it...?

i think if this is a do-able idea then so many more people will get invloved with this kinda shtuff

bleugh · « **Reply #143 on:** November 05, 2003, 05:42:00 AM »

NO VIDEO INPUT EXISTS for xbox

the ONLY [practical] way would be to use a USB tv input device and have linux drivers running

mkjones · « **Reply #144 on:** November 05, 2003, 06:46:00 AM »

OK,

So I have one of these:
http://www.hauppauge...ml/usb_data.htm

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If I get the Linux Drivers from:
http://pvrusb.sourceforge.net/

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With a Controler port to USB port converter such as:
user posted image

(

I know this is possible somehow?!)

Would I be able to use my Xbox, Running Linux as some kind of TiVo style PVR??

Your input please

Bravo · « **Reply #145 on:** November 05, 2003, 06:20:00 AM »

Absolutley, I looked into this last week BUT your major problem is going to be video quality, because xbox is 1.0 usb your not going to be able to capture the video at very good quality at all, on a side note, XBMP is trying to implement snapstream streaming so you could watch tv on your xbox, via your pc but again, I dunno what kinda quality your gonna get. I gave up on the "try to make something like tivo" and just bought a tivo, and then used the server hack so I could use it in canada.

mkjones · « **Reply #146 on:** November 05, 2003, 06:37:00 AM »

I see, USB1, its about 11mbs am I right?

I see the problem now, I have never caputured video using this device. I have the PCI version in my PC so I use that as I couldnt net S-Video to work on the USB thing.

So its useless to me, unless I can get my xbox to use it...

When you say low quality, what are we talking?

Crappy frame rate?
Small Resolution?

Cant anything be done??

adam71o · « **Reply #147 on:** November 22, 2003, 05:59:00 PM »

USB 1.0 ~ 1.5 megabytes/sec
1.1 ~ 8 megabytes/sec

------as I understand it

italianboy300 · « **Reply #148 on:** November 24, 2003, 07:26:00 PM »

I was thinking, would it be posible to use Wintv usb found here http://www.hauppauge...ml/usb_data.htm
and plug it into the xbox and boot into linux and use this software found here http://www.mythtv.org/
and get PVR Functionality. There are wintv linux drivers. Reply what you think.

SigTom · « **Reply #149 on:** November 25, 2003, 03:37:00 AM »

The data transfer rate on USB 1.0 is so slow, it wouldnt be worth it. This has been asked and answered a million times b now. If you want a PVR, get a PVR.

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